CVE-2002-1216
GNU tar 1.13.19 and other versions before 1.13.25 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, as the result of a modification that effectively disabled the security
02 Description
GNU tar 1.13.19 and other versions before 1.13.25 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, as the result of a modification that effectively disabled the security
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-10-21 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-10-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 636913e22dce30e36ccef7dac225b877d349bd5435b134a50cbea2725cfb0535
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2002:096http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-096.html
- marc.info20020928 GNU tar (Re: Allot Netenforcer problems, GNU TAR flaw)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103419290219680&w=2
- www.iss.netarchive-extraction-directory-traversal(10224)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10224.php
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:219http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219
- www.openpkg.comOpenPKG-SA-2006.038http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tar Fixed in 1.13.25
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tar Fixed in 1.13.25
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tar Fixed in 1.13.25
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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